#B9B436#B9B436

#B9B436 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.142 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B436
RGB	rgb(185, 180, 54)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 70.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.71, -12.98, 61.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.71, 62.69, 101.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% -0.0419 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.142 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.9961, 43.2244, 9.8837)
Luminance	0.4322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B436 #363BB9

analogous

#B97336 #B9B436 #7DB936

triadic

#B9B436 #36B9B4 #B436B9

tetradic

#B9B436 #36B973 #363BB9 #B9367D

square

#B9B436 #36B973 #363BB9 #B9367D

split-complementary

#B9B436 #367DB9 #7336B9

monochromatic

#5A581A #8A8628 #B9B436 #D0CB5D #DDDA8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#B9B436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#B9B436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B436

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B436	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 180, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.142 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca75',
    500: '#b9b436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b436;
$custom-light: #d1ca75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.71,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75164,
    "c": 0.14245,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B436

secondary

#8386C8

accent

#4FDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B436

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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